RCB sets 202 target for Mumbai in Dubai; Devdutt Padikkal scores second fifty in three matches
Dubai: Royal Challengers Bengaluru rode upon useful knocks from prodigy Devdutt Paddikal and Mr. 360 AB DE Villiers to set a defendable target of 202 for Mumbai Indians on Monday.
Batting first, RCB got off to a flying start with Aaron Finch playing a quick-fire knock of 52 runs off 35 deliveries. The knock was followed by another half-century by his opening partner and RCB’s new sensation Devdutt Paddikal who scored a handy 54 off 40 deliveries before ABD and Shivam Dubey took up the death overs scoring job.
ABD came in and dominated the MI bowlers with some clean hitting as he scored 55 off 24 deliveries. Shivam Dubey supported ABD with a handy cameo of 27 runs from 10 balls.
For MI bowling Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah and Krunal Pandya picked up one wicket each.
Mumbai Indians are now set a target of 202 to be chased in 20 overs.
The match is being played at Dubai International Stadium.
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Deputy CM DK Shivakumar asks Vokkaliga Sangha office-bearers to postpone caste census meeting
Bengaluru, Jan 12: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday said that he has asked the Vokkaliga Sangha office-bearers to postpone the meeting on the caste census.
He also warned them to stop squabbling or else he would appoint an administrator in the Sangha.
"A team of our new office-bearers came to meet me. They all came together after reconciliation. I have warned them that if the squabbling continues then I will appoint an administrator in the Sangha. They have agreed that they will work together," Shivakumar said.
Asked whether he held a meeting with the Sangha office-bearers, the Deputy CM said he neither conducted any meeting nor felt the need for it.
"The Sangha office-bearers had decided to hold a meeting regarding the caste census. I have told them to postpone the meeting as it would create unnecessary confusion. I also told them that I would talk to the seer of Adi Chunchanagiri Math Nirmananandanatha Swami about it," he told reporters here.
Vokkaliga is one of the major dominant communities of agrarians in Karnataka which Shivakumar belongs to.
The Chairperson of the Commission for Backward Classes, K Jayaprakash Hegde, submitted the socio-economic and education survey report, commonly known as the caste census report, to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on February 29, 2024.
It has triggered a debate among various backward communities as some have opposed it.
State Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil said on January 2 during the cabinet briefing that the cabinet would discuss the caste census in its next meeting.
Asked about Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti’s letter to the Home Minister about transferring the case pertaining to C T Ravi, the Deputy CM said the Home Minister would respond to it.
Ravi, a BJP MLC, is accused of using foul words against Minister for Woman and Child Welfare Laxmi Hebbalkar on the last day of the Legislative Council session in Belagavi on December 19, 2024.
A case has been registered against Ravi in this regard.
